Bar Association tries Sharon

Originally published November 15, 2001

Zionist war criminals trial committee at bar association today will hold the second hearing to try Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The committee groups' Arab legal and judicial figures including Sameh Ashour chairman of Egyptian bar association and the Arab Lawyers Union.

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